Southern Albania

Southern Albania
Shqipëria jugore
Region
Southern Albania (blue) in Albania
Southern Albania (blue) in Albania
Country Albania
Area
 • Total12,989 km2 (5,015 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total761,118
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
NUTS codeAL03
HDI (2017)0.787[2]
high · 2nd of 3

Southern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria jugore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.[3]

It consists of five counties: Berat, Fier, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Vlorë.[4] Combined, they have a population of 700,000 as of the 2023 census.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950595,187—    
1960760,962+27.9%
1969909,880+19.6%
19791,105,409+21.5%
19891,334,245+20.7%
20011,146,559−14.1%
2011920,448−19.7%
2023761,118−17.3%
Source: [5][6]

The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum, and natural gas. Natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë.[7]

Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja, Toskëria, Labëria, and Chamëria.[8] In a broader context, Toskëria is sometimes used to describe the whole cultural and linguistic area of southern Albanians (also broadly referred to as Tosks), in duality with Gegëria, which on the other hand is used for that of northern Albanians (also broadly referred to as Ghegs).[9][10]

Southern Albania is often called Northern Epirus by modern Greeks.[11][12][13][14]

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  8. ^ Ahmedaja, Ardian (2008). "Changes within Tradition: Parts and their Number in Multipart Songs among Albanians". In Ardian Ahmedaja, Gerlinde Haid (ed.). European Voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. I. Schriften zur Volksmusik. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 210. ISBN 9783205780908. ISSN 2748-1476.
  9. ^ Jaroslav Krej cí; Vitězslav Velímský (1981). Ethnic And Political Nations In Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-85664-988-2. ...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria)
  10. ^ Shehi, Monika (2007). When East Meets West: Examining Classroom Discourse at the Albanian Socio-political Intersection. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-549-12813-7. There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks
  11. ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (1998). Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia. Duke University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8223-2070-8. southern Albania , a region that many Greeks call Northern Epirus ,
  12. ^ Jelavich, Charles; Jelavich, Barbara; Studies, University of California Center for Slavic and East European. "&pg=PA44 The Balkans in Transition. University of California Press. p. 44. southern Albania, which the Greek call northern Epirus
  13. ^ Thomopoulos, Elaine (5 November 2021). " Modern Greece. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 1934. ISBN 979-8-216-11856-5. Greeks call "Northern Epirus" (which is known to the Albanians as southern Albania)
  14. ^ Winnifrith, Tom (2002). Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania. Duckworth. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7156-3201-7. Southern Albania... This area is called Northern Epirus by the Greeks